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Matthew Keff is a digital and installation artist based in New York holding a BFA from SVA (School of Visual Arts) 2007. Through interactive app-based works and graphics, Keff looks to reveal the more awkward nature of contemporary digital visual culture and considers the role emotions play there. This sweet-as-candy imagery is informed by attention economy mechanisms used in digital marketing, where emotional engagement is a highly valued commodity. Matthew has participated in numerous international exhibitions at CADAF, New York, NY (2022) Supernova Digital Animation Festival, Denver, CO (2020), Magdalen Art Space, Oxford, England (2020), CCAM Yale University, New Haven, CT (2019), Somerset House, London, UK (2019), 4Culture, Seattle, WA (2018), Chromatic Festival, Montréal, Canada (2018), Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY (2019), Tokyo Game Show, Tokyo, Japan (2018), and A Maze Festival, Berlin, Germany (2018)
recent exhibition
2022 CADAF, Web3 Gallery, New York, US
2020 Wretched of the Screen, Digital Artist Residency, Magdalen Art Space, Oxford, UK
https://www.digitalartistresidency.org/wretched-exhibition/
https://www.digitalartistresidency.org/wretched-of-the-screen/matthew-keff/
2018 Mood machine, Standard Vision, Los Angeles, US
https://www.standardvision.com/news/mood-machine-an-immersive-vr-experience-at- standardvision-hq
curriculum vitae
Matthew Keff NYC, USA
Education
School of Visual Arts, BFA., Film/Video, 2007
Solo Exhibition
2023
Nothing Means Anything in Juicy Squish, Polygon Palm, Online
Selected Group Exhibition
2022
CADAF, Web3 Gallery, New York, US
2021
CMC Playground, Site Gallery, Sheffield, UK
Artpoint x VeePee, VeePee Headquarters, Paris, FR
Denver Theatre District, Denver Pavilions Mall, Denver, US
Roppongi Art Night, Roppongi, Tokyo, JP
Art Homepage Fair, Arebyte AOS, Online
2020
Creative Code Festival, Lightbox NYC, New York, US
Supernova Digital Animation Festival, Denver Digerati, Denver, US
.Art x Ars Electronica Online Exhibition, Online
Wretched of the Screen, DAR x The Wrong Biennale, Online
The Wrong Epicenter, Center Del Carme, Valencia ES
Wretched of the Screen, Magdalen Art Space, Oxford, UK
Framed x Lalaport, Lalaport, Yokohama, JP
2019
Our Beautiful Planet, Abrons Arts Center, Manhattan, US
Dizzy Spell: Purposely Frivolous, Buntport Theater, Denver, US
Framed x Whitestone Gallery, Dong Gallery, Taipei, TW
Games for Windows, Current Scene, Rochester, US
Heyday, CCAM Yale University, New Haven, US
IEEE GEM, Yale University, Stamford, US
Creative Tech Week, Radiance VR x NYIT, New York, US
Now Play This, Somerset House, London, UK
Gilded Dimension, SoHigh Gallery, Melbourne, AU
2018
MediaLab, Cinekid, Westergasfabriek, NL
Arcade Different Games Conference, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, US
Tokyo Games Show: Indie Games Area, Makuhari Messe, Chiba, JP
Storefront Media Gallery, 4Culture, Seattle, US
Patch Gif Party, Teer Art, AVA Center, Tehran, IR
Pop of Color, HereART, New York, US
Bed Art School, Galerie Galerie, Montréal, CA
Mood Machine, Standard Vision, Los Angeles, US
A Maze./Berlin, Urban Spree, Berlin, DE
ALTcade 3 RE:SOUND, Open Signal, Portland, US
2017
Homeostasis Lab, The Wrong Biennale, Online
Creative Collection, Zium Museum, Online
A Maze./Johannesburg, Tshimology Precinct, Johannesburg, ZA
Arcadia, West Ward Works, Dundee, SCT
Virtual Firecracker, Bogart House, Brooklyn, US
IRL, Museum of Human Achievement, Austin, US
A Maze./Berlin, Urban Spree, Berlin, DE
BYOB, R/SF Projects, San Francisco, US
UMW Media Wall January, Fredericksburg, US
2016 Basement Sale, Chinatown Soup, New York, US
Samples Transvideo: Borderless Image, Diorama, Mexico City, MX
Felt Zine, Matchbox Gallery, Houston, US
Residency
2020 Lot Residency, Silicon Valet, Online
2019 Digital Artist Residency, Online
Artistres_, Bubbles, Online
Is this It?, Heyday, Online
2018 Ace Hotel x Giphy AIR, Ace Hotel, New york, US
2017 WelcomeToMyHomepage.net, Online
Event Commission
2016 Keroxen 16, Canary Islands, ES
Elements Festival, Brooklyn, US
SOS Festival 4.8, Murcia, ES
2014 ChemCreative, Brooklyn, US
Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, US
Tribeca Grand Hotel, New York, US
2013 Downtown Standard Hotel, Los Angeles, US
2012 The Old Truman Brewery, London, UK
918 Bathhurst, Toronto, CA
Online Publication
2019
Jyni Ong, “Matthew Keff digitally riffs off the design tropes of social media and
advertising”, It’s Nice That, itsnicethat.com
2017
Bruno Dias, "’The Zium Museum’ is an Art Gallery You Can Download”,
Waypoint, waypoint.vice.com
Matt Cox, "Tour a virtual gallery in The Zium Museum", Rock Paper Shotgun
Philippa Warr, "Smile While: a joyful free colour extravaganza", Rock Paper Shotgun,
Ethan Gach, "A Game Jam About Watermelons All Started Because of a Joke", Kotaku,
Matteo Bittani, "Game Art: Matthew Keff's Game Engine Experiments", Game Scenes,
2015
Noisey Staff, "Premiere: Toma un Empalagoso Viaje Cosmico con Tama de Ocellot",
Noisey, noisey.com
Marcos Hassan, "Meet Barcelonas Ocellot, Electronic Psych Pop Exploding in
Technicolor Tama", Remezcla, Remezcla.com